The Arts Show - Season 3 / Year 2015
Season 3 / Year 2015
Episodes
Episode 1
Featuring the Art of the Troubles exhibition at the Ulster Museum, political cartoonist Ian Knox and photographer Bobbie Hanvey. Plus, a look back at Alan Clarke and Danny Boyle's seminal Troubles era drama Elephant.
Episode 2
This month's show comes from the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter where it focuses on its vibrant annual Arts Festival.
Episode 3
Marie-Louise Muir chats with Oliver Jeffers, the Belfast/Brooklyn based artist and illustrator. Plus a taster of talent graduating from Northern Ireland's creative degrees and courses.
Episode 4
Marie-Louise Muir celebrates the best of creativity and innovation in this special edition of The Arts Show from CultureTech, a festival of digital technology, media and music taking place in Derry/Londonderry.
Episode 5
Marie-Louise Muir presents a profile of Claire Cunningham, artist-in-residence at Belfast Festival at Queen's, and meets a number of artists who focus on their art, not disability.
Singer-songwriter Pat Dam Smyth performs his latest track.
Episode 6
An investigation into Northern Ireland's rapidly expanding film and television drama industry, asking whether or not it can be sustained when Game of Thrones eventually leaves town.
Episode 7
Featured in this show are exclusive performances from a diverse lineup of local talent which includes soul, Irish traditional and contemporary dance.
In Conversation with Michael Longley
A celebration of the life and works of one of the giants of modern Irish literature.
Michael Longley talks to presenter Marie-Louise Muir about what inspires him to write poetry about love, war and nature.
In Conversation with Seamus McGarvey
From taking photographs in the wilds of the Ulster countryside, to filming Jamie Dornan in the upcoming movie 50 Shades of Grey, Seamus McGarvey has come a long way from his roots in Co Armagh.
Marie-Louise Muir gets the inside story on making films with Hollywood's elite.
Episode 10
The Arts Show celebrates iconic buildings and unique architecture.
Join Presenter Marie-Louise Muir in search of a missing city among Belfast bricks and bitter rivalries between two men responsible for some of the most famous buildings here.
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